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(B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  288.) 

United  States  Department  of  Agriculture^ 


BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY 


REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  RECOGNITION  OF  BREEDS  AND 
PUREBRED  ANIMALS 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 
Under  authority  of  paragraph  1506  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
September  21,  1922,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  revenue,  to  regulate 
commerce  with  foreign  countries,  to  encourage  the  industries  of  the 
United  States,  and  for  other  purposes"  (42  Stat.,  858,  923), x  the  fol- 
lowing regulations  are  issued  governing  the  recognition  of  breeds  and 
purebred  animals  imported  into  the  United  States  for  breeding  pur- 
poses. For  purposes  of  identification  these  regulations  are  desig- 
nated as  B.  A.  I.  Order  288  and  supersede  all  previous  regulations  on 
the  same  subject.  They  shall  become  and  be  effective  on  and  after 
July  1,  1924. 

Done  at  Washington  this  14th  day  of  June,  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  twenty-four. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture. 

Henry  C.  Wallace, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


REGULATION  1.— CERTIFICATION  OF  PUREBRED  ANIMALS 

Section  1.  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  to  issue  certificates.— The 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  is 
hereby  authorized  to  issue  certificates  of  pure  breeding  under  the 
provisions  of  this  order. 

Section  2.  How  to  obtain  certificates. — In  order  to  obtain  such 
certificates  of  pure  breeding,  importers  shall  conform  to  the  following 
procedure : 

Paragraph  1.  Application  for  certificates. — An  application  for  cer- 
tificates shall  be  made  to  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  on  forms 
furnished  or  approved  by  the  department,  showing  the  number  of 
animals  imported,  the  breed  ^nd  sex,  the  port  of  entry  into  the 
United  States,  customs  entry  number,  the  name  of  vessel  or  carrier 
by  which  shipped,  and  the  date  of  arrival.  This  application  may  be 
signed  by  either  the  owner,  the  importer,  or  the  agent,  stating  the 
name  and  address  (in  the  United  States)  of  the  owner  of  the  animal 
or  animals.  (A.  H.  Form  105 — "  Application  for  certificates"  will  be 
furnished  upon  request.) 

1  Paragraph  1506  of  the  tariff  act  of  1922  is  quoted  on  page  6  of  this  order. 
107361°— 24f 


♦ 


Paragraph  2.  Certificates  of  pediqree. — Certificates  of  pedigree  for 
such  animals,  issued  by  the  custodian  of  one  of  the  books  of  record 
given  in  Regulation  2,  section  4,  of  this  order,  shall  be  furnished  to 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Paragraph  3.  Affidavit  of  identity. — A  duly  acknowledged  affidavit 
from  tie  owner,  agent,  or  importer  that  the  animals  so  imported  are 
the  identical  animals  described  in  the  certificates  of  pedigree  must  be 
furnished.  (A.  H.  Form  283— " Affidavit  of  identity"  will  be  fur- 
nished upon  request.) 

Paragraph  4-  Vendors1  certificates. — Complete  transfer  of  owner- 
ship must  be  shown  from  the  breeder  to  the  importer  either  on  the 
pedigree  certificate,  certificate  of  transfer,  or  vendor's  certificate.  If 
ownership  is  not  indicated  either  on  pedigree  certificate,  or  by  certifi- 
cate of  transfer,  a  vendor's  certificate  from  the  seller  or  his  agent 
shall  be  furnished  to  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  with  the  appli- 
cation, giving  the  breed,  sex,  name,  and  registry  number  of  each 
animal  sold  to  the  importer,  the  date  of  sale,  the  place  of  purchase, 
and  the  name  and  address  (in  the  United  States)  of  the  purchaser. 
Vendors'  certificates  furnished  by  the  custodians  of  foreign  books  of 
record  containing  the  above  information  may  be  used;  otherwise,  the 
form  of  vendor's  certificate  furnished  or  approved  by  this  depart- 
ment must  be  used.  (A.  H.  Form  106 — "  Vendor's  certificate"  will 
l>e  furnished  upon  request.) 

Section  3.  Applications  will  be  given  consideration  in  the  order 
in  which  they  are  received.  When  the  application  and  accompany- 
ing papers  are  satisfactory,  certificates  to  that  effect  will  be  issued 
and  forwarded  to  the  collector  of  customs  at  the  port  of  entry  and  the 
pedigree  certificates  returned  to  the  importer  or  his  agent.  How- 
ever, the  certificates  of  pure  breeding  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  will  not  be  issued  until  the  descriptions  of  the  animals, 
taken  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  at  the  port 
of  entry,  are  received  in  Washington.  All  papers  for  animals  which 
do  not  meet  the  requirements  of  this  order  will  be  retained  or  re- 
turned, at  the  discretion  of  the  department. 

Section  4.  Eligibility  of  animals. — Where  the  provisions  of  this 
order,  have  been  otherwise  complied  with,  animals  will  be  certified  as 
purebred  which  have  been  fully  registered  in  good  faith  in  one  of 
the  books  of  record  for  one  of  the  recognized  breeds  given  in  Regu- 
lation 2,  section  4,  of  this  order,  except  those  which  have  been 
Tegistered  on  inspection. 

REGULATION  2.— RECOGNITION  OF  ADDITIONAL  BREEDS 

Section  1.  Application  for  recognition. — Before  an  additional 
l>reed  to  those  shown  in  section  4  of  this  regulation  shall  be  added  to 
this  order  the  custodian  of  its  book  of  record  shall  submit  to  the  de- 
partment a  complete  set  of  the  published  volumes  of  such  book  of 
record  to  date  of  making  application,  together  with  all  rules  and 
forms  in  force  on  said  date  affecting  the  registration  of  animals  in 
said  book  of  record.  The  department  will  consider  the  case  on  its 
merits  and  use  such  information  as  may  be  available  to  determine 
whether  the  breed  is  a  recognized  breed  and  whether  the  animals 
registered  in  the  book  of  record  are  purebred. 

Section  2.  Official  communications. — All  official  communications 
submitted  under  the  provisions  of  this  order  should  be  addressed  to 


the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, Washington,  D.  C,  except  as  mentioned  below. 

Section  3.  Books  of  record  required. — Custodians  of  books  of  rec- 
ord for  recognized  breeds  shall  forward  volumes  of  their  books  of 
record  as  soon  as  published,  addressed  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry,  in  care  of  the  United  States  Dispatch  Agent,  2 
Rector  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 

Section  4.  Recognized  breeds. — The  following  breeds  of  domestic 
animals  are  recognized.  Opposite  will  be  found  the  names  of  the 
foreign  books  of  record  for  these  breeds,  with  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  their  custodians. 

Paragraph  1.  Recognized  breeds  and  books  of  record  across  the 
seas. 

CATTLE 


Name  of  breed 


Book  of  record 


By  whom  published 


Aberdeen  Angus 

Alderney 

Ayrshire 

Devon .. 

Galloway 

Guernsey.. 


Hereford 

Highland 

Holstein-Friesian 


Aberdeen  Angus  Herdbook... 

Herdbook  of  the  Bailiwick  of 
Guernsey  (Alderney 
Branch). 

Ayrshire  Herdbook 

Davy's  Devon  Herdbook 

Galloway  Herdbook 

English  Guernsey  Herdbook.. 


Herdbook  of  the  Bailiwick  of 
Guernsey  (Guernsey 
Branch). 

Herdbook  of  Hereford  Cattle. 

Highland  Herdbook 


Friesch  Rundvee-Stamboek. 


Nederlandsch  Rundvee-Stam- 
boek. 


Jersey. 


Rundvee-Stamboek 
Holland." 

Jersey  Herdbook 


'  Noord- 


Kerry  and  Dexter. 


Red  Poll.. 
Shorthorn 

Sussex 

Welsh..... 
Zebu 


English  Herdbook  and  Regis- 
ter of  Jersey  Cattle. 

English    Kerry    and    Dexter 
Herdbook. 


Kerry  Cattle  Herdbook. 
1  Red  Poll  Herdbook 


Coates's  Herdbook. 


Sussex  Herdbook 

Welsh  Black  Cattle  Herdbook. 
Zebu  Herdbook 


Aberdeen  Angus  Cattle  Society,  James  R, 
Barclay,  secretary,  137  Union  Street,  Aberdeen, 
Scotland. 

Royal  Guernsey  Agricultural  Society,  H.. 
Marsden  Peake,  secretary,  High  Street,  Al- 
derney, Island  of  Alderney. 

Ayrshire  Cattle  Herd  Book  Society  of  Great  Brit- 
ain and  Ireland,  Hugh  Bone,  secretary,  58  Al- 
loway  Street.  Ayr,  Scotland. 

Devon  Cattle  Breeders'  Society,  A  E.  Gerrard, 
secretary,  Wiveliscombe,  Somerset,  England. 

Galloway  Cattle  Society  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  James  Carlyle.  secretary,  Monraive, 
Middlebie.  Lockerbie.  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland. 

English  Guernsey  Cattle  Society,  Robert  F. 
Ling,  secretary,  12,  Hanover  Square,  London, 
W.  l,  England. 

Royal  Guernsey  Agricultural  and  Horticultural 
Society,  Ernest  de  Garis,  secretary,  States  Ar- 
cade, Island  of  Guernsey. 

Hereford  Herd  Book  Society.  W.  G.  C.  Britten, 
secretary,  3,  Offa  Street,  Hereford.  England. 

Highland  Cattle  Society  of  Scotland,  D. 
Mac-Gregory,  secretary,  Clydesdale  Bank 
Building,  Oban,  Scotland. 

Friesch  Rundvee-Stamboek,  Dr.  E.  van 
Welderen  Rengers,  secretary,  Zuiderplein  2-4, 
Leeuwarden,  Holland. 

Vereeniging  het  Nederlandsche  Rundvee-Stam- 
boek, Louis  Jarman,  secretary,  's-Gravenhage, 
Surinamestraat,  No.  24,  Holland. 

Vereeniging  het  Rundvee-Stamboek  "Noord- 
Holland,"  D.  Laan,  secretary,  Sehellinkhout, 
Holland. 

Royal  Jersey  Agricultural  and  Horticultural 
Society,  H.  G.  Shepard,  secretary,  3  Mulcas- 
ter  Street,  St.  Helier,  Island  of  Jersey. 

English  Jersey  Cattle  Society,  T.  W.  Hammond 
and  L.  J.  Craufurd,  secretaries,  19  Bloomsbury 
Square,  London,  W.  C.  1,  England. 

English  Kerry  and  Dexter  Cattle  Society,  T.  W. 
Hammond  and  L.  J.  Craufurd,  secretaries, 
19  Bloomsbury  Square,  London,  W.  C.  1, 
England. 

Royal  Dublin  Society,  Edward  Bohane,  director, 
Leinster  House,  Dublin,  Ireland. 

Red  Poll  Cattle  Society  of  Great  Britain  and  Ire- 
land, C.  H.  Clarke,  secretary,  24,  Warrington 
Road,  Ipswich,  England. 

Shorthorn  Society  of  the  United  Kingdom  of 
Great  Briiain  and  Ireland,  V.  H.  Seymour, 
secretary,  12  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1, 
England. 

Sussex  Herdbook  Society,  A.  G.  Holland,  secre- 
tary. 12,  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1, 
England. 

Welsh  Black  Cattle  Society,  John  Pritchard  & 
Co.,  secretaries,  Bank  Chambers,  Bangor, 
North  Wales. 

Sociedadedo  Herd  Book  Zebu,  A.  Teixeira 
Vianna,  secretary,  Uberaba,  Minas  Geraes, 
Brazil. 


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SHEEP 


Name  of  breed 


Book  of  record 


By  whom  published 


Cheviot 

Cotswold 

Dorset  Horn 

Hampshire  Down 


Kent    or    Romney 
Marsh. 


Cheviot  Sheep  Flock  Book... 

Cotswold  Flock  Book 

Dorset  Horn  Flock  Book 

Hampshire  Down  Flock  Book. 


Kent  or  Romney  Marsh  Flock 
Book. 


Kerry  Hill. 


Leicester. 

Leicester  (Border). 

Lincoln 

Oxford  Down 

Shropshire 


Southdown. 
Suffolk 


Kerry  Hill  Flock  Book. 


Wensleydale . 


Leicester  Flock  Book 

Border  Leicester  Flock  Book.. 

Lincoln      Longwool       Sheep 
Breeders'  Flock  Book. 

Flock    Book    Oxford    Down 
Sheep. 

Shropshire  Flock  Book 

Southdown  Flock  Book 

Suffolk  Flock  Book 


Wensleydale  Longwool  Sheep 
Flock  Book. 


Cheviot  Sheep  Society,  John  Robson,  secre- 
tary, Newton  Bellingham,  Northumberland, 
England. 

Cotswold  Sheep  Society,  James  W.  Tayler,  sec- 
retary, Cold  Aston,  Bourton-on-the-Water, 
Gloucestershire,  England. 

Dorset  Horn  Sheep  Breeders'  Association, 
Thomas  H.  Ensor,  secretary,  Bank  Chambers, 
Dorchester,  Dorset,  England. 

Hampshire  Down  Sheep  Breeders'  Association, 
W.  J.  Wooff,  secretary,  49  The  Canal,  Salis- 
bury, England. 

Kent  or  Romney  Marsh  Sheep  Breeders'  Asso- 
ciation, W.  A.  Ball,  secretary,  12  Hanover 
Square,  London,  W.  1,  England. 

Kerry  Hill  (Wales)  Sheep  Breeders'  Association 
and  Flock  Book  Society,  Morris,  Marshall  and 
Poole,  secretaries,  Newtown,  Montgomery- 
shire, England. 

Leicester  Sheep-Breeders'  Association,  W.  A. 
Brown,  secretary,  Driffield,  East  Yorkshire, 
England. 

Society  of  Border  Leicester  Sheep  Breeders,  Miss 
Rose  J.  E.  Grant,  secretary,  11  St.  Ronan's 
Terrace,  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 

Lincoln  Longwool  Sheep  Breeders'  Association, 
Robert  Lamming,  secretary,  St.  Benedict's 
Square,  Lincoln,  England. 

Oxford  Down  Sheep  Breeders'  Association, 
Howard  Sammons,  secretary,  29  Queen  St., 
Oxford,  England. 

Shropshire  Sheep  Breeders'  Association  and 
Flock  Book  Society,  Alfred  Mansell  &  Co., 
secretaries,  College  Hill,  Shrewsbury,  England. 

Southdown  Sheep  Society,  Inc.,  W.  O.  Stride, 
secretary,  63  East  St.,  Chichester,  England. 

Suffolk  Sheep  Society,  Miss  E.  M.  Prentice, 
secretary,  25  Marlborough  Road,  Ipswich, 
England. 

Wensleydale  Longwool  Sheep  Breeders'  Associa- 
tion, G.  Goland  Robinson,  secretary,  Underley 
Farm,  Kirkby  Longdate,  Westmoreland,  Eng- 
land. 


HORSES 


Belgian  Draft Studbook    des    Chevaux    de 

Trait  Beiges. 


Clydesdale 


Clydesdale  Studbook 


Hackney Hackney  Studbook 

Percheron.. ;  Studbook  Percheron  de  France 

Shetland  Pony Shetland  Pony  Studbook 

Shire Shire  Horse  Studbook 

Suffolk I  Suffolk  Studbook 


Thoroughbred 


Australian  Studbook  ' 


Studbook    Francais    Registre 
des  Chevaux  de  Pur  Sang.1 

General  Stud  Book 


Welsh  Pony  and  Cob.,  Welsh  Pony  and  Cob  Society 
Studbook. 


Societe"  Royale  "Le  Cheval  de  Trait  Beige," 
Chevalier  Hynderick  de  Theulegoet,  secretary, 
20  Rue  Royale,  Brussels,  Belgium. 

Clydesdale  Horse  Society  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Archibald  Mac- 
Neilage,  secretary,  93  Hope  Street,  Glasgow, 
Scotland. 

Hackney  Horse  Society,  Robert  F.  Ling,  secre- 
tary, 12  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1,  Eng- 
land. 

Societe  Hippique  Percheronne  de  France,  E. 
Lemarie,  secretary,  Nogent-le-Rotrou,  France. 

Shetland  Pony  Stud  Book  Society,  Robert  W. 
Walker,  secretary,  3  Golden  Square,  Aberdeen, 
Scotland. 

Shire  Horse  Society,  A.  B.  Charlton,  secretary, 
12  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1,  England. 

Suffolk  Horse  Society,  Fred  Smith,  secretary, 
Woodbridge,  Suffolk,  England. 

Australian  Jockey  Club  and  Victoria  Racing 
Club,  Leslie  G.  Rouse,  keeper,  6  Bligh  Street, 
Sydney,  New  South  Wales. 

Commission  de  Studbook  Francais  de  Pur  Sang, 
The  Minister  of  Agriculture,  president,  Paris, 
France. 

Weatherby  &  Sons,  15  Cavendish  Square,  Lon- 
don, W.  1,  England. 

Welsh  Pony  and  Cob  Society,  John  R.  Bache, 
secretary,  Knighton,  Radnorshire,  Wales. 


»  Provided  that  no  animal  or  animals  registered  in  the  Australian  or  in  the  French  Thoroughbred  stud- 
books  shall  be  certified  as  purebred  unless  such  animal  or  animals  trace  in  all  crosses  to  animals  which  are 
proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  department  to  be  of  the  Thoroughbred  breed. 


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DOGS» 


Name  of  breed 


Book  of  record 


By  whom  published 


Various       recognized 
breeds. 

Dober  mannpinscher. . 


Various       recognized 

breeds. 
Foxhound 


Greyhound. 


Harrier  and  Beagle. 


Various       recognized 
breeds. 

German  Shepherd 


Li-rre  des  Origines  de  la  Society 
Royale  Saint-Hubert. 

Dobermannpinscher      Zucht- 
buch(D.  P.  Z.). 

Kennel  Club  Studbook. 

Foxhound  Kennel  Studbook... 

Greyhound  Studbook 

Irish  Greyhound  Studbook 

Harrier  and  Beagle  Studbook.. 


Schweizerisches        H  u  n  d  e  -  i 
Stammbuch. 

Zuchtbuch  fur  deutsche  Schaf- 
erhunde. 


Societe"  Royale  Saint-Hubert,  G.  C.  W.  F. 
O'Breen,  secretary,  Chaussee  Saint-Pierre,  391, 
Brussels,  Belgium. 

Dobermannpinscher- Verein  (D.  V.),  Peter  Urn- 
lauff,  secretary,  Ferdinandstrasse  51-53,  Ham- 
burg, 1,  Germany. 

Kennel  Club,  H.  T.  W.  Bowell,  secretary,  84  Pic- 
cadilly, London,  W.  1,  England. 

Master  of  Foxhounds  Association,  H.  E.  Preston, 
editor,  Moreby  Park,  York,  England. 

National  Coursing  Club,  Horace  A.  Groom, 
keeper  of  the  Greyhound  Stud  Book,  11,  Hay- 
market,  London,  S.  W.  1,  England. 

Irish  Coursing  Club,  T.  A.  Morris,  secretary, 
Bridge  Street,  Clonmel,  Ireland. 

Association  of  Masters  of  Harriers  and  Beagles, 
J.  Pawle,  secretary,  Havers  Park,  Bishop's 
Stortford,  England. 

Schweizerische  Kynologischen  Gesellschaft,  Carl 
Wittwer,  secretary,  Steigerweg  18,  Berne,  Switz- 
erland. 

Verein  fur  deutsche  Schaferhunde,  Herr  Schaller, 
secretary,  Augsburg  3,  Miinchen,  Germany. 


CATS 


Long      Haired      and 
Short  Haired.  . 


Register    of    the    Governing 
Council  of  the  Cat  Fancy. 


Governing  Council  of  the  Cat  Fancy,  Miss  H. 
Lea,  secretary,  Coolhurst,  West  Hill,  Syden- 
ham, S.  E.  26,  England. 


HOGS 


Berkshire . . . 
Large  Black. 


Large  White  (Large 
Yorkshire) . 

Middle  White  (Mid- 
dle Yorkshire) . 

Tamworth. 


British  Berkshire  Herdbook... 

Large  Black  Pig  Society  Herd- 
book. 


Herdbook  of  the  National  Pig 
Breeders'  Association. 


British  Berkshire  Society,  Edgar  Humfrey,  sec- 
retary, Shippon,  Abingdon,  Berks,  England. 

Large  Black  Pig  Society,  W.  J.  Wickison,  secre- 
tary, 12  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1, 
England. 

{National  Pig  Breeders'  Association,  Alec.  Hob- 
son,  secretary  and  editor,  92  Gower  Street,  Lon- 
don, W.  C.  1,  England. 


*  Provided  that  no  dog  or  dogs  registered  in  the  above-mentioned  books  shall  be  certified  as  purebred 
unless  a  three-generation  certificate  of  pedigree  issued  by  one  of  the  above-mentioned  societies  is  submitted 
for  each  dog. 

Paragraph  2.  Recognized  breeds  and  books  of  record  in  Canada. — 
The  Canadian  National  Records  are  recognized  for  the  following 
breeds:  Provided,  That  no  animal  or  animals  registered  in  the  Cana- 
dian National  Records  shall  be  certified  by  the  Secretary  of  Agricul- 
ture as  purebred  unless  such  animal  or  animals  trace,  in  all  crosses, 
to  animals  which  are  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  department  to 
be  of  the  same  breed: 


Cattle 

Sheep 

Horses 

Hogs 

Aberdeen  Angus. 

Cheviot. 

Belgian  Draft. 

Berkshire. 

Ayrshire. 

Cotswold. 

Clydesdale. 

Chester  White. 

Brown  Swiss. 

Dorset  Horn. 

Hackney. 

Duroc-Jersey. 

French  Canadian. 

Hampshire. 

Percheron. 

Hampshire. 

Galloway. 

Leicester. 

Shire. 

Large  Bl   jk. 

Guernsey. 

Lincoln. 

Standardbred. 

Poland  China. 

Hereford. 

Oxford  Down. 

Suffolk. 

Tamworth. 

Jersey. 

Shropshire. 

Thoroughbred. 

Yorkshire. 

Red  Poll. 

Southdown. 

Welsh  Pony  and  Cob. 

Shorthorn. 

Suffolk. 

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Paragraph  S. — The  Canadian  Kennel  Club  (Canadian  National 
Records  for  dogs)  is  recognized  for  all  the  breeds  of  dogs  registered 
in  said  records:  Provided,  That  no  dog  or  dogs  registered  in  said 
records  shall  be  certified  as  purebred  unless  a  three-generation 
certificate  of  pedigree  issued  by  said  Canadian  National  Records 
is  submitted  for  each  dog. 

Paragraph  4- — The  Holstein-Friesian  Association  of  Canada,  of 
which  W.  A.  demons,  of  Brantford,  Ontario,  Canada,  is  secretary 
and  editor,  is  recognized  for  the  Holstein-Friesian  breed  registered 
in  the  Holstein-Friesian  Herd  Book  of  that  association. 

Paragraph  1506  of  the  act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  act  to  provide 
revenue,  to  regulate  commerce  with  foreign  countries,  to  encourage 
the  industries  of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved 
September  21,  1922  (42  Stat.  858,  923),  is  as  follows: 

1506.  Any  animal  imported  by  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  specially  for 
breeding  purposes,  shall  be  admitted  free,  whether  intended  to  be  used  by  the 
importer  himself  or  for  sale  for  such  purposes,  except  black  or  silver  foxes: 
Provided,  That  no  such  animal  shall  be  admitted  free  unless  purebred  of  a  re- 
cognized breed  and  duly  registered  in  a  book  of  record  recognized  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  Agriculture  for  that  breed:  Provided  further,  That  the  certificate  of  such 
record  and  pedigree  of  such  animal  shall  be  produced  and  submitted  to  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  duly  authenticated  by  the  proper  custodian  of  such 
book  of  record,  together  with  an  affidavit  of  the  owner,  agent,  or  importer  that 
the  animal  imported  is  the  identical  animal  described  in  said  certificate  of  record 
and  pedigree.  The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  prescribe  such  regulations  as 
may  be  required  for  determining  the  purity  of  breeding  and  the  identity  of  such 
animal:  And  provided  further,  That  the  collectors  of  customs  shall  require  a  certifi- 
cate from  the  Department  of  Agriculture  stating  that  such  animal  is  purebred 
of  a  recognized  breed  and  duly  registered  in  a  book  of  record  recognized  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  that  breed. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  prescribe  such  additional  regulations  as 
may  be  required  for  the  strict  enforcement  of  this  provision. 

Horses,  mules,  asses,  cattle,  sheep,  and  other  domestic  animals  straying 
across  the  boundary  line  into  any  foreign  country,  or  driven  across  such  boundary 
line  by  the  owner  for  temporary  pasturage  purposes  only,  together  with  their 
offspring,  shall  be  dutiable  unless  brought  back  to  the  United  States  within  eight 
months,  in  which  case  they  shall  be  free  of  duty  under  regulations  to  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury :  And  provided  further,  That  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  apply  to  all  such  animals  as  have  been  imported  and  are  in 
quarantine  or  otherwise  in  the  custody  of  customs  or  other  officers  of  the  United 
States  at  the  date  of  the  taking  effect  of  this  act. 


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